Article IV

Section 3. Legislative Apportionment

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At its first session after each enumeration made by the authority of the United States, the legislature shall apportion and district anew the members of the senate and assembly, according to the number of inhabitants.

Summary: Military personnel treatment in redistricting

Election Date: 1982

Votes For Ratification: 834188

Votes Against Ratification: 321331

Percent for Ratification: 72%

Percent Against Ratification: 28%

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Source Text: Wisconsin, State Elections Board, state canvasses, 1970-1998, 2000-2012, Box 3

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Resolution: 1981 JR 29

At their first session after each enumeration made by the authority of the United States, the legislature shall apportion and district anew the members of the senate and assembly, according to the number of inhabitants, excluding soldiers, and officers of the United States army and navy.

Summary: Remove "Indians not taxed" exclusion from apportionment formula.

Election Date: 1962

Votes For Ratification: 631296

Votes Against Ratification: 259577

Percent for Ratification: 71%

Percent Against Ratification: 29%

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Source Text: WI Bd. State Canvassers, 1848-1978, Vol. 12, 308

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Resolution: 1961 JR 32

At their first session after each enumeration made by the authority of the United States, the Legislature shall apportion and district anew the members of the Senate and Assembly, according to the number of inhabitants, excluding Indians not taxed, soldiers, and officers of the United States Army and Navy.

Summary: Legislative reapportionment after federal census.

Election Date: 1910

Votes For Ratification: 54932

Votes Against Ratification: 52634

Percent for Ratification: 51%

Percent Against Ratification: 49%

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Source Text: WI Bd. State Canvassers, 1848-1978, Vol. 6, 323-26

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Resolution: 1909 JR 55

The legislature shall provide by law for an enumeration of the inhabitants of the State in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and at the end of every ten years thereafter; and at their first session after such enumeration, and also after each enumeration made by the authority of the United States, the legislature shall apportion and district anew the members of the senate and assembly, according to the number of inhabitants, excluding Indians not taxed, and soldiers and officers of the United States Army and Navy.

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